Society has changed, what about the public sector ? Why does the public sector need innovation ? How to reinvent not only the services delivered but also the way they are designed ? The AER plenary meeting in Hampshire was an opportunity to look at how regions have drastically changed the way they were working in order to improve cost efficiency, provide effective leadership … [Read more...]
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Minutes: Executive Board, 2 November 2015, Hampshire (UK)
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GMF hosts event on the importance of Subnational Diplomacy
October 7, 2015, Washington, DC: The German Marshall Fund hosted the opening reception for the Washington, D.C. leg of Our Cities, Our Climate: A Bloomberg Philanthropies - U.S. Department of State Partnership on the evening of Wednesday, October 7, kicking off the U.S. Department of State’s three-day initiative. The opening reception brought together U.S. and international … [Read more...]
Report on the state of Regionalisation
The Report (2017 edition) Early 2014, as the new programming period started, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) decided to look into the role regional authorities play in European politics and in Europe in general. To what extent is the subsidiarity principle implemented in European countries? Have Regions seen their competences and influence developed in the last years? … [Read more...]
Pool of experts on regionalisation
AER relies on the expertise of academics and experts throughout Europe to ensure a proper understanding of the development of regionalisation in the different parts of the continent. These experts follow and monitor the key developments in their day-to-day activities and have agreed to share their insight with AER in view of gathering a truly cross-cutting picture of where … [Read more...]
Find your way to the Brussels office
Directions for Brussels From « GARE du NORD » - take the tram line 3 direction « GARE DU MIDI » - get off at the station « DE BROUCKERE » ( 2 stops ) - take the metro line 5 direction « HERRMANN-DEBROUX » or 1 direction « STOCKEL » - get off at the station « MAELBEEK » ( 4 stops ) From « GARE DU MIDI » - take metro lines 2 or 6, direction « ELISABETH » - get off at … [Read more...]
Find your way to the Strasbourg office
Directions for Strasbourg From the train station By tram: Take line A from Place de la Gare in the direction of Illkirch-Lixenbuhl. Change at Homme de Fer (second stop) to line B in the direction of Hoenheim-Gare. Get off at Parc du Contades (third stop), then walk up Rue Strauss Dürkheim, at the second junction turn left onto Rue Oberlin. By bus: Take line 10 in the … [Read more...]
AER Recommendations for Roma Inclusion
Learn more on how regions can help fight Roma discrimination throughout Europe thanks to AER's recommendations for Roma Inclusion, adopted by the Bureau in Ankara (TR) on Wednesday 17 December. The publication also includes good practices from different regions: Hungary: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Government Romania: Timis County Council Sweden: Sörmland Regional … [Read more...]
Vice-President for Institutional Affairs (Roy Perry)
Vice-President for Institutional Affairs, Cllr Roy Perry, Leader of Hampshire County Council, Hampshire (UK) Please address all questions or comments about the Institutional Affairs Vice-Presidency to Helen Cutler, AER Seconded Regional Officer ([email protected], +44 1962 846108 ) … [Read more...]
“In the Bank for Entrepreneurs, you see dreams become a reality.”
Discover what soulutions the AER partner BNP Paribas Fortis has to offer to entrepreneurs. + Learn more about entrepreneurs in Belgium Find here the interview of Raf Spinoy, Director of the BNP Paribas Fortis Bank for Entrepreneurs (edit this) … [Read more...]
Minutes: Executive Board, 17 September 2015, Brussels (BE)
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Institutional affairs
Thematic issues The precidency institutional affairs aims at promoting the principle of subsidiarity and the development of regional democracy throughout Europe. It ensures that European governance mechanisms provide the optimal framework conditions for regional democracy in Europe and focusing on European decentralisation processes on regional level and monitoring regional … [Read more...]
Interregional diplomacy
The AER's work goes beyond European borders and we therefore invite you to discover our numerous global activities, described in the following sections : AER and the Mediterranean Many European regions have traditional links with the Southern Mediterranean and many more would like to develop some following the Arab Spring. This is why AER has initiated work with this … [Read more...]
AER President
Lukas Mandl Region: Lower Austria (AT), Member of the European Parliament Lukas Mandl is the President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) since June 2025. Member of the European Parliament for the European People’s Party (EPP), he is a member of the Committees on Committee on Development (DEVE), Legal Affairs (JURI), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs … [Read more...]
(More or less) Frequently Asked Questions
Who are you? AER is a network of regional politicians, governments and administrations that is fostering transnational and interregional exchange of knowhow, expertise and contacts in order to improve the policy making in regions and beyond. AER believes that successful regions make a successful Europe. What do you want to achieve? Our mission is to • Create regions that … [Read more...]
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